July 7th, 2008 | Online Reputation Management, ReputationDefender News | Michael Fertik
I am very excited about the new website, back-end, and functionality ReputationDefender just released (unleashed?!) this week. We are providing our members with greatly enhanced usability and many new and long-requested features.
One of my favorite features of the new system is the “quick action” buttons that allow users to ignore, remove, or add items within their reports with only a single click. Also we’ve launched a shopping cart for Destroy assistance, so you can order multiple items to be removed at once. And now you can add more family members to your account to give your people maximum control over their personal data.
We’re proud of the upgrades, and we hope you will enjoy them.
Michael Fertik
June 11th, 2008 | Online Reputation Management | Michael Fertik
Just read this. Obama is “recruiting senior staff” to “combat virulent rumour campaigns on the internet”.
Barack Obama is recruiting senior staff to a new unit which will combat virulent rumour campaigns on the internet that threaten to cost him votes in the presidential election against John McCain. The unit is part of a huge expansion of Obama’s campaign team as he shifts from the Democratic nomination race to the campaign for November’s election.
Yo, Obama. Recruit us. We’re standing ready, and we want to help you.
May 20th, 2008 | Fun Stuff, ReputationDefender News | Michael Fertik
Today, I’m back in Louisville, Kentucky birthplace of ReputationDefender. It was in Cherokee Park that the idea of RD first popped into my head. Alright, enough nostalgia.
I’ve got a few interesting meetings lined up here this week. More soon from the road!
May 8th, 2008 | Identity Management, Online Reputation Management, ReputationDefender News | Michael Fertik
Together with the rest of the ReputationDefender team, I am very excited to announce the launch of ReputationDefender’s new MyEdge service.
MyEdge is the world’s first Personal PR service. Own your Google results. Establish yourself on the Internet. Make sure that your online “resume” looks the way it should.
We have worked hard to bring this offering from concept to private beta (check out these testimonials from real customers–my own favorite is the first one) and now to public beta.
This product will generate and publish profiles and bios for you around the Internet in such a way as to maximize their visibility and staying power on search engine results.
Our technology, product, business development, marketing, and customer service teams have worked hard to get this MyEdge product ready for you. We are proud to invite you to come on in and order it now!
May 5th, 2008 | Fun Stuff, Identity Management, Social Networking | Michael Fertik
April 30th, 2008 | Identity Management, Online Reputation Management, ReputationDefender News | Michael Fertik
About a year and a half ago two of us from ReputationDefender set out
from what was then our trusty office at the Coupa Cafe in Palo Alto to one of the first IIWs at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View. We’re going back now, to the one to be held May 12-14.
This was one of those great conferences that was actually brainstormy,
creative, collaborative, etc., because it was actually a workshop, run
in the open space style that works so well in so many circumstances.
The IIW has got to be one of the more serious events on the identity
calendar, if not the most serious one. Phil Windley, who organizes it, is dedicated and knowledgeable, as are most of the people we met when we attended last
time. The tenor of the discussion is upbeat but serious, and there are
clearly some strong ideas that emerge from the discussions.
Greatly looking forward to attending, supporting the effort this year,
and learning from the collaboration.
One topic we may want to raise at the event is How to Establish Your
Identity On the Web.
January 1st, 2008 | ReputationDefender News | Michael Fertik
ReputationDefender is delighted to be launching our new blog. We had
our first full year of operations in 2007, and we are looking forward to
an exciting 2008. It’s time for us to have a public voice! Our team
will be blogging to comment on themes and timely developments in
Internet privacy, reputation, identity, and security. We will also be
using this space to introduce ourselves, to discuss product updates, and
to give compelling examples of what can go wrong–and, more importantly,
what can go right!–with personal and professional reputations online.
As always, we will welcome your good questions and candid feedback, and
we will do our best to respond in a timely manner.
Here’s to a happy and healthy 2008! Warm wishes to you and yours from
all of us at ReputationDefender.
